Well, I can agree that the internet has very little to do with reality. It is wise to warn people that the internet is rarely a clear picture of reality. Sometimes I think that things ebb and flow. The ship may be listing one way right now, but it will probably list the other way not too long from now. If only the ship could stop all the tilting, I think we'd all feel a lot less seasick.
Mark, As always your post was insightful, timely and deep— and deeply disturbing. It remind me of David Bowie once saying he was “ a closet heterosexual.” He meant that, although he was heterosexual, he felt the need to project the image of being a homosexual for marketing purposes. I wonder how many people today identify as LBGTQ just to be popular.
Thanks, Eric! Certainly popularity and peer pressure have been drivers for adolescent girls identifying as trans. So likely the same applies in this case for 18-24 year-olds.
Well, I can agree that the internet has very little to do with reality. It is wise to warn people that the internet is rarely a clear picture of reality. Sometimes I think that things ebb and flow. The ship may be listing one way right now, but it will probably list the other way not too long from now. If only the ship could stop all the tilting, I think we'd all feel a lot less seasick.
Thanks, Heather. As always, thoughtful and well-worded.
Mark, As always your post was insightful, timely and deep— and deeply disturbing. It remind me of David Bowie once saying he was “ a closet heterosexual.” He meant that, although he was heterosexual, he felt the need to project the image of being a homosexual for marketing purposes. I wonder how many people today identify as LBGTQ just to be popular.
Thanks, Eric! Certainly popularity and peer pressure have been drivers for adolescent girls identifying as trans. So likely the same applies in this case for 18-24 year-olds.